| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA (Hons) | Full-time | 3 - 4 years | - | - | - |
Develop your skills as a writer, creative thinker and analyst of language, both literary and everyday. Delve into a diverse range of literary works from various cultures and historical periods, and discover how better to understand the world that surrounds us. Our English BA enables you to build advanced skills applicable to a huge variety of careers and take advantage of the placement opportunities embedded throughout the programme to prepare for your chosen career, benefiting from hands-on insights, work experience with skilled practitioners and collaboration with your peers. And specialise as you advance through the degree, focusing more on authors, periods, genres, and approaches that appeal to you.
Course overview With our English degree at Keele you will engage your imagination with texts from near and far and from the past and present, and develop your understanding of the cultures that they are part of and the ways that they reflect, generate or contradict the ideas of their time. This programme ranges from the classics of literature to contemporary writing such as graphic novels and Young Adult and Children's Fiction: you'll get the chance to study poetry, drama and fiction from the Medieval period right up to the present day. You'll become a skilled critic of literature and build key skills in communication, creativity and critical thinking. You'll be shown how to develop well-evidenced and reasoned arguments that will culminate in your final-year ‘English Project' where, with the support of an academic supervisor, you will either complete an extended piece of research or create your very own scholarly edition of a text of your choosing.
Benefit too from Keele's vibrant Creative Writing culture: you can work on your own creative writing skills if you want to, and regularly hear published poets and novelists reading their work in our lively Keele Hall Readings series. Just as we encourage you to make the most of your time at Keele, we also prepare you for life after university, and even help you kick-start your own career. You'll have the opportunity to engage with projects and placements, drawing on our extensive network of existing placement partners or using our support to find your own opportunity. This allows you to combine your degree programme with practical experience, apply your learning to real-world situations, and enhance your CV.
You'll also have the opportunity to study abroad with a partner university, to learn a modern language , or to gain a recognised TESOL qualification , through our Global Challenges Pathway, which will help you to develop global perspectives and build your awareness and experience of other cultures and practices. *We have compared the positivity ratings of all participating UK institutions using the NSS 2025 sector data to determine Keele's position relative to other broad-based universities (i.e. excluding specialist institutions and further education colleges). Related courses Creative Writing Education and English English and Creative Writing English and Film Studies English and History English and Philosophy English ranked Top 10 in England (NSS 2025, broad-based universities)* Top 15 in England for English (Guardian University Guide, 2025) Develop an array of skills in interpretation, communication, and critical thinking and build your confidence as a reader, writer and critic Become a skilled analyst of literature of all kinds, from poetry to graphic novels to everyday language such as political speeches and marketing campaigns Enhance your career prospects through enriched work placement opportunities For more details, please see the course page on the Keele website.
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